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Gibbons Stamp Monthly

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Volume 40 Number 3 August 2009
48 The Art of Interior Decoration
The development of decorated writing paper is examined by John Scott.
52 Victoria's Stamps in the Commonwealth Era, 1901 to 1912
Australian Federation necessitated a complete change to Victoria's stamps; Richard Breckon explains why.
56 The Moon Landing
The historic first step on the Moon occurred 40 years ago; Jeff Dugdale takes a look at the Apollo XI mission.
62 'English and Scientific Name of Bird'
Two errors of inscription on South African aerogrammes are described by David Sinclair.
64 Life on St Helena
Paul Brittain discovers what it's like to live on this remote South Atlantic island.
68 New Zealand Rail Disaster Mail Robin Gwynn FRPSL, FRPSNZ, examines a selection of covers involved in rail accidents.
76 The Postmarks of the British West Indies—King George VI—Bermuda
More scarce cancellations identified by David Horry.
81 Pope Benedict Presented with an Israeli
Philatelic Memento of His Pilgrimage
to the Holy Land
Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS, reports from Rome on a special presentation to the Pope at the Vatican.
84 Postal Stationery 2007-2008 ,.
Geir Sor-Reime concludes his survey of foreign postal stationery.
27 GB News
New stamps and a prestige booklet feature Royal Navy Uniforms.
29 Machin Watch
John M Deering takes a tour of English castles, reviews the latest booklets and reveals the difference between the two printings of 'Post and Go' stamps.
38 GB Specialised Catalogue
A supplement to the Great Britain Specialised Catalogue.
41 Stamping Up The Great North Road
Alan Sacks begins a philatelic trip from London to Edinburgh.
45 GB Postal Stationery, Postal Labels and Postmarks Recent developments reported by John Holman.
7 Newsdesk
Derek Underwood, President of the
MCC, with the Editor at Lords
Picture by Peter Jennings FRPSL, FRGS
Successful SG auction; Isle of Man cricket sheet
launched at Lords; First Thematix; Scarce US cover auctioned in New York.
20 Society News
Reports from philatelic societies.
24 Diary Dates
Forthcoming Fairs and Auctions.
26 Around the Houses
News of recent auction results.
60 Stamp Hunting
Nimrod suggests some stamps of Denmark that are worth looking for.
COMPETITION
Your chance to win a
£50 SG voucher in our easy-to-enter competition.
61 Ask GSM
Readers questions answered.
100 The Unissued Stamps of King George V
David Horry reveals the story behind some more unissued stamps.
Catalogue Column
The Catalogue Editor reports on varieties from Gibraltar and Montserrat.
90 Shore to Shore
Island Hopper reports on forthcoming issues from the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey.
94 Panorama
John Moody investigates the background to some more new issues.
96 Stamp News in Brief
A summary of recent and forthcoming issues from around the world.
101 CATALOGUE SUPPLEMENT
A 16-page update to the Stanley Gibbons Catalogue.